The East African (Nairobi)
5 October 2008
Rwanda recently officially launched the One-Laptop-Per-Child initiative that the government in Kigali committed to last year. The ambitious programme is targeting 80 per cent or 2.5 million children in five years' time.
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I THINK PROVIDING COMPUTERS TO CHILDREN DOES NOT MEAN GOVERMENT IS NOT COMMITTED TO FEEDING THEM. AM SURE IT IS DOING BOTH SO U SHD NOT WORRY ABOUT CHILDEN BEING PROVIDED WITH COMPUTERS. BESIDES, ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD COULD BE ANOTHER SHORTCUT OF ENABLING THESE CHILDREN TO FEED THEMSELVES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANKS.
I agree. Children who come to school hungry (and many do!) cannot learn. Classrooms that are devoid of basic supplies like paper and pens and have no electricity are not the best environment for high-tech toys. Teachers who are not trained in computer use themselves cannot teach computer skills. Let's take care of the basics first!
The government needs to commit to feed the children of Rwanda first, laptops second.